[Historybuff]

The two hardtops at LeMans had a hole in the top for the gas cap.
So if someone is saying that their hardtop is the real top from '63 LeMans it would have that hole or a sign the hole was once there.
Actually there were three roadsters with hardtops built for LeMans but I don't know if the top ever got readied for the third car which apparently didn't make it or wasn't entered.

The reason vintage racers fitting the fastback hardtop don't like the top gas cap system installed is because if the car were to be in an accident and the top shifted with the impact , and it had gas in the filler tube at the time of impact, you would be looking at a gasoline shower for the driver.

Question about the fliptop: I have seen the famous picture if it at speed, front 3/4 view of dark version with two white stripes, but was it raced that way by Shelby American? I thought it was only a mule prototype and never received the full cosmetic treatment of the team race cars. I vaguely remember the shot of it being driven though the streets of Nassau, maybe that time it was dark blue with white stripes.

Regarding 390 aluminum block, would an experimental block even have a casting number?

John Veermersch,(sp?) of Mt. Clemens, MI used to be the expert on rare Ford racing engine parts, don't know if he's still in business but if he is he might know the answer. I remember him telling me about Canadians coming over from Canada by boat to buy parts (like selling hooch, right John?)